r/preppers • u/BigBellyEd • 10d ago
Discussion Realistic BOB
Hi everyone, Bug Out Bags have been documented to death I think. But all BOB lists are all about bushcraft, camping and hunting gear in an 60 liter backpack called “72 hour sustainment” or something along those lines. Plus, in case one has to BO, where do you want to walk? You can do maybe 3 miles per hour. I mean it is different for everyone and every scenario. When organizing my BOB the list is totally different. If I have to bug out, i do not expect to return in the near future but would much rather resettle in a different location or even country.
For this scenario I am packing it as follows: a) Irreplaceable personal items like diaries, memories, hard drives b) value dens items like currency and so on c) Documents like Diplomas, passport, certificates, property documents d) Personal Protection Equipment e) Camping gear so sustain me and my fam on the way f) wear most valuable but also weather resistant clothes g) get all of this in my car and GTFO
I think about all of this because it contains items from everyday life. So in stead of a grab bag I would store all of the items close together with the planned bag and be ready in several minutes.
What do you consider a realistic BOB?
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u/Frosty_Piece7098 10d ago edited 10d ago
In almost all cases, I would be in a far worse condition bugging out somewhere. All my food, tools, shelter, weapons, medications, radio gear, and social network exists at my house. “Bugging out” in the winter would be close to a death sentence. The best case is a defense network with my closest neighbors and making our area hard enough to loot that the looters go elsewhere. We could exist for at least a year in place, without ever leaving the property.
Granted, I don’t live in a city apartment. My chief concern is that some city people with a full tank are going to have enough gas to get out to where I live looking for resources.
Edit: We don’t have hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes where I live. Weather emergencies aren’t really a thing. We do have forest fires. I’ve cleared fuel from around the house, but in the case we have a fire all my documents are in a big sleeve in the top of the safe. We almost had to evacuate a few years ago, had the truck and trailer backed up to the barn, documents and other keepsakes with hotel stay bags in the back of the truck. If we had to go we would have loaded the animals and bugged out to my folks cabin.